Tobacco hogshead



March 12, 1929.

. B. s. CLARKSON ET AL TOBACCO HOGSHEAD Filed May 22, @923 2 Sheets-Sheet l Patented Mar. 12, 1929. v T UNITED STATES BEN s. o xinnxson PATENT OFFICE.

AND WALTER E. CALDWELL'OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY; SAID CALDWELL ASSIGNOR TG SAID CLARKSON.

ToBAooo noesnnan.

Our invention relates to hogsheads for packing and shipment of tobacco. It has for its object to form a hogshead of the kind men- 'tioned formed in separable sections readily assembled when to be filled with the tobacco,

the sections having interlocking members preventing one section from sliding on another and preventing the sections from collapsing when assembled, the sections being adapted to be readily separated one fromthe other when the tobacco is to be opened up for inspection in the warehouse, or at other times, and easily reassembled about the body of tobacco ready for further shipment. It has also for its purpose to provide a construction in which the lower head of the hogshead may be used as a moving platform or base for display of the tobacco when the sides of the hogshead are removed and replaced by other retaining walls permitting a party ofthe body of tobacco to be exposed for. display purposes instead of using baskets of the type generally used for display purposes, this platform or base constituting one head of the hogshead when the display receptacle is removed and replaced by the sectionsconstituting the shipping hogshead. 7 It has further for its object to provide improved features of construction in various parts entering the general construction whereby material advantages are gained. v To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists in the-features hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective of a tobacco hogshead embodying our invention, pa-rt's'being broken away for c-learness of illustration;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one of the sections of the hogshead; V I I Flgure 3 1s a rear elevation of one section;

Figure 4: is a bottom plan view of the lower head of the hogshead Figure 5 is a plan view of a two-part upper head for the hogshead;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view showing a manner of applying the lower head to the 'hogshead; 1

Figure 7 is a planview of a top head for the hogshead showing holding prongs or spurs that may be used;

Fig. 8 is asideand a plan fragmentary view showing on an enlarged scale one of the hold-1 ing prongs or spurs applied;

Figure 9 is a side view of a portion of the lower head with a caster applied;

Figure 10 is a side view of portions oftwo ad acent sections of the hogshead, showing on an enlarged scale one of the external battens with projecting ends;

Figure 11 is a perspective view of a display container, with portions broken away.

As illustrated in the drawingathe hogs head is composed of a number of separable sections 1, each section made up of a nums ber of vertically disposed staves 2, the staves of each section being secured together by upper external battens or hoops 8 and lower external battens or hoops 4c, nailed or othertions are assembled to form the cylindrical body of the hogshead the lips or tongues of one section will lap over the stave of the ad 4 joining section so as tomaintain the sections in an upright position, and the abutting beveled faces or edges ofthe tongues of ad: ac'ent sections will prevent vertical movenent of one section relatively to the adjoinng section. In other words, these projecting and lappingtongues or lips will tend to prevent lateral as well as longitudinal idis placement. of the various sections. a Each section is provided internally, near 1ts lower end, with spaced apart liner-battens or bars and 8 which form agroove designed to receive theperipheral edge of the bottom or lower head of the hogshead, and serve to lock the head" and sections together, the uppermost batten also serving to hold the head against upward movement and the lower battenholding the head against'the pressure ofthe contents of the hogshead. The bottom or lower heads 9 of the hogshead is made up of a number of boards 10 held together and reinforcedby battens 11 to the lower faces of which are attached foot-blocks 12 which serve as feet for the head to support itinposition above the base or floor level so that the wall sections of the hogshead maybe readily positioned for entrance of the periphery of the head into the groove formed by the two internal battens of the sections; and they also serve to take the weight of the hogshead and its contents from off the ends of the staves and thus prevent injury to the sections in moving the hogshead over a floor or support. These foot-blocks also serve to receive readily detachable casters 13 the stems of which will. fitin sockets 14; formed in the toot-blocks as indicated in Figure 9 of the drawing so that when the contents oi. the hogshea'd are to be displayed the container can be easily moved from one place to another as desired. I

The top head of the hogshead 15 may be formed of a number of pieces as usua and the upper ends of the slaves of the several sections chaini'ered and crozed as usual to receive the pieces of the head, and willv be secured in place by battens 16 which may be in sections, or otherwise, as desired, and attached in the usual manner so as to secure the head in place. If desired the upper head may be formed in two sections as illustrated v in Figure 5 or the drawing, and the boards of each section attached together by'battens 17 the adjacent edges of the battens of the sections being beveled as indicated at 18, Figure 5, so that when-the two sections are as-' sembled preparatory to being placed in the hogshead a proper alinement ot the two will be obtained.

If preferred, an upper head of the form shown in Figure 7 of the drawing may be used. In that iormthe individual boards of the head 19 are connected to oneanother by the battens 20, and the head, around its periphery, has attached to it by fastenings 21 any desired number of spurs 22, preferably formed of spring metal and having their pointed ends projected upwardly and be-v tions oi. the body to one another,a tongue 23 may be attached to one end stave near its lower end so as to project beyond the edge of the stave andengage with a keeper 24 attached to the lower part of the adjacent stave of the adjoining section as clearly indicated in Figures 6 and 11 of the drawing, each sec tion being provided along one edge with one 01": the tonguesand along the other edge with one of the keepers so that when the sections are assembled these locks will aid in. holding the several. sections firmly together.

It will be understood that when the several sections are assembled as described any desired number of hoops, bands, or .wires 25 will encircle the body of the hogshead so to prevent displacement of the sections in shipment or transport of the tobacco packed in the l'iogshead.

The construction described makes possible the ready removal of any one or more or all oi the sections for inspection of the packed tobaccoas customary in the warehouse in making purchas'esot the tobacco or otherwise, and the sections may be readily reassembled or the separated section replaced so as to make the hogshead ready for further shipment or transport. In the construction oi tobacco .hogsheads as heretofore commonly made thetaking apart and reassembling or replacement of the parts for inspection of the tobacco involves much time and labor and frequently results in such damage to the parts that much labor and expense is involved in restoring the hogshead to condition for fur ther shipment These serious objections are overcome under the present invention.

idsoby torming the sections as described, the sections may be nested, one section in the other, for transport, and also for storage un til the sections are to be assembledtor reception of the tobacco to be packed.

In the leaf tobacco trade it is a common from the hogshead and place it in baskets for rhsplay. tinder the present invention when the tobacco is to be put on display-1t 15 only necessary to remove the sections of the hogshead, leaving the tobacco resting on the bot tom head or the hogshead, and replace the removed sections with other sections 26similarly formed halt the height, more or less, of the removed sections, for instance as illustrated in Figure 11 of the drawing, so that the as desired. When shipment is to be made it is practice to remove a portion ofthe tobacco only necessary to replace thesectionsof the display receptacle with the original sections and the tobacco is then ready for transport or shipment. The bottom' head of the shipment hogshead serves as the bottom head of the display receptacle and when'the removable sections of the hogshead have been replaced the hogshcad may be filled with any tobacco that has been removed and the top head applied so as to put the filled hogshead in condition. for shipment.

'lVe have illustrated and described the pie ierred features of construction oi the various parts but changes may be made therein and essential features of parts of the invention retained.

Having described our invention and set forth its merits what We claim is:

l.-A tobacco hogshead, formedof separable sections, oach'section comprising a number oi staves, transversely extending battens foreach group section. the opposite ends of the battens of each section overlappin the adjacent group sections, the'batt-ens 0%, group being'in alinement with the battens of headjoining group, and the projecting portions of one set of battens overlapping cor- ODG responding portions of the other battens and serving to prevent one section moving longitudinally of the other in either direction, and

internal battens attached to the lower portion of the sec ions and spaced apart to-torn'i a recess to receive the lower head of the hogshead. i a

2. A tobacco hogshead formed of separable sections, each section comprising a number of stavcs, transversely extending battens for each group section, the opposite ends of the battens of each section overlapping the adjacent group sections and one battcnabutting endwise and vertically against the corresponding batten of the adjacent section to effect an interlocking engagement vwith the end of the adjacent batten, and internal battens attached to the lower portion of the sections and spaced apart to form a recess to receive the lower head of the hogsheadQ A tobacco hogshead formed of separable sections, each section comprising a number of staves, transversely extending vbattens for each group section to secure the staves together, internal battens attached to the lower portion-0t the segments spaced apart to form a recess to receive a head to the hogshead,

tongues projecting from a stave at one edge of a section and a keeper from a'stave at the other edge, said tongues'and keepers of the several sections being located Within the hogshead and in relation to each other that thetongueon one section Will engage With the keeperon the adjacent section. 7

4. A head for tobacco hogsheads formed of sections, battens applied to each section in alineinent one with the other, the adjacent ends of registering battens being inclined transversely of the battens, With the inclined ends in abutment and each extending across the dividing linebctween the sections.

5. A collapsible barrel formed of a plurality of sections, hoop sections secured to'thc barrel sections and having their opposite ends sheared on a bias and adapted to overlap the other barrel sectionswith the ends of the hoop sections abutting, and means for securing the barrel sections in assembled formation whereby the abutting edges of the hoop sections prevent vertical longitudinal n10vement of the barrel sections.

JiD'teStlInOny whereof We afiix our signatures- BEN S. CLARKSON. WALTER E; OALDVELL. 

